White House Drops Victor Cha As Candidate For Ambassador To South Korea - NPR

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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After he criticized the idea of a U.S. preemptive strike on North Korea, Victor Cha is no longer the White House's candidate for Ambassador to South Korea. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Frank Aum of the U.S. Institute of Peace about the Trump administration's "bloody nose" strategy.

Promoting peace in the Muslim world - Daily Times

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

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Being a Muslim in today’s world is extremely difficult. ‘Being a Muslim’ means having highly idealistic moral values and being tolerant of all others; and emulating the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who would have dialogue and alliance with people of different faiths.

South Sudan In Focus - VOA

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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A U.S Diplomat in South Sudan is advising the youth to learn from the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and work to build a united South Sudan; the U.N Secretary General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide says South Sudanese leaders have no other option but to end the violence in the country.

Stepped Up Violence Alternately Claimed by IS and Taliban - AP

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens.

‘Pakistan can have good ties with both China, US’ - Dawn

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

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Relations between Pakistan and the United States are just like a terrible marriage where divorce is not possible because the cost is too high. The marriage will remain strained but the two countries should avoid levelling allegations against each other in the media.

US Pak relations are in jeopardy: Speaker - International News Network

Monday, January 29, 2018

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"The Pakistan-US relationship is a terrible marriage where divorce should not be considered because the costs of breaking up are too high”. This was stated by Associate Vice President of the Asia Centre at the United States Institute of Peace, Dr Moeed Yusuf.

Moot speaker says Pak-US relations are in jeopardy - Pakistan Today

Monday, January 29, 2018

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The Pakistan-US relationship is a terrible marriage where divorce should not be considered because the costs of breaking up are too high. This was stated by United States Institute of Peace Asia Centre Associate Vice President Dr Moeed Yusuf while speaking at a public talk on the Pakistan-US relationship in jeopardy-way forward, which was organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) on Monday.

A string of deadly attacks in Afghanistan exposes government weakness, limits of U.S. training effort - Washington Post

Monday, January 29, 2018

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Three deadly attacks in Afghanistan's capital have killed more than 130 people in just over a week, a nearly unprecedented urban terrorism blitz that seemed likely to prompt a sobering international reassessment of Afghan defense capabilities as the Trump administration begins building a new, ramped-up military presence and intensified combat-training role.

Q&A: Why Afghanistan suffers unrelenting attacks - AP

Sunday, January 28, 2018

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Afghanistan has endured a month of relentless attacks claimed by the Taliban and a rival Islamic State affiliate, capped by Saturday's assault, in which a Taliban suicide bomber driving an ambulance filled with explosives struck in the heart of Kabul, killing more than 100 people.